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On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day I was reminded of the words of Rodney King, a black man in Los Angeles whose beating by white men had started a riot in Watts. He said, in an effort to stop the violence, "Can we just get along?"
I was also reminded of the words of the late great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who said: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness, in a descending spiral of destruction."
But even more than that, considering how and why Dr. King was assassinated, I was reminded of these words:
"Whether evil masquerades as good in the public eye, or whether evil is cowardly and sneaky in its murderous ways, it has been and still is very powerful in its ability to kill and destroy those who would deny it power to rule over the people. That’s the main problem in the world today."
Those words were written by a man who writes under the pen name of Joseph J. Adamson. And, as he says, it is the evil that masquerades as good in the public eye that does the most harm, because it gains the official, military power of governments.
Of course, evil that is sneaky in its murderous ways can impact the world in devastating ways. Just consider the assassinations of all the good people that had done so much good work and could have done so much more if they could have lived – like Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and so many others.
That’s one of the reasons Joseph J. Adamson writes under a pen name, but that’s certainly not the only reason, and it’s not the main one.
You see, he is what I consider one of the best leaders, in this sense: As Lao Tsu wrote in the Book of Tao, "When the best leader’s work is accomplished, the people will say, We did it ourselves."
Adamson leads merely by showing the way, from behind the scenes. He does not seek personal power from behind a podium or a pulpit. He does not try to save the world or save souls as politicians and preachers do, because most of them self-importantly exalt themselves while they claim to serve all the people. Adamson suggests that we can save ourselves.
His work, even though it has so far been rejected by his generation, can, and I believe will, liberate us and empower us. I implore you to at least read it, and consider it. It can be found summarized at this web address: http://reformationcomingsoon.bravehost.com
